Skills
I am a confidant, outgoing person with a flexible and adaptable approach to work.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work as an effective team member and manager.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Self motivated, able to work under pressure to meet deadlines and targets
• Experienced large scale and specialist recruitment manager.
• Skilled union and contract negotiator.
• Strong ER & IR skills.
• Experienced generalist HR manager
• Operational management
Profile
I have 23 years’ experience in HR management and Consultancy, I have been a senior manager for the past 15 years, the last 3 at director level, I have worked as a stand alone manager, I have managed large teams up to 85, I run large departments across multiple sites, vast training and mentoring experience again to all levels, I have set up a successful HR, H&S and Recruitment business, I am currently seeking my next step in my development.
I have 40 years’ experience to call on from all levels within the business world, I have spent a considerable number of years in Logistics and Supply chain, Construction, Consultancy, Production & Manufacturing. I have managed large Chill operations, Ambient and Returns operations for large multi national Logistics organisations.
In 2012 (as part of my business start up) I worked as a Consultant, HR manager and Recruiter for a construction business in Abu Dhabi and worked closely with a New Zealand based I.T. business.
Lead Auditor ISO 9001 (5 day course)
Vocational Courses
Psychometric testing level A
Ethical recruitment
Interview techniques
Presentation Skills
Diploma in Personnel Management
Man Management training skills
Negotiation Skills
Internal HR Auditor
Career Summary
Hall and Shaw services and solutions ltd
Business start up – MND
from May 2011 to present MD
Consultancy business, including ISO 9001 and Internal auditing, HR, Training, Recruitment, Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality and Integrated Management Systems. Large scale multi-national recruitment drives. Business development through networking, sales calls, website, twitter etc.
I have also managed multiple clients through retainer and HR interventions, these have included TUPE, Disciplinary and Grievance advice, Management training, Policy and Procedural set up for start up businesses, Union negotiations and formulation of Recognition and Procedural agreements.
February 2011 to April 2011 (interim role)
SQS Project and HR manager
• Change management
• Employee relations, investigations, disciplinarians, grievance etc.
• Contract negotiations and contract audits
• Training and Training audits
• Liaising with board of directors
• Recruitment drive
October 2010 to Feb 2011 (end of interim contract)
HR & Recruitment Consultant
Volker Highways
• Multi site approx 30 locations
• Employee relations, all aspects
• Recruitment
• Management training and development
• Redundancy
• TUPE
• Contractual changes through consultations
• Internal site audits
July 2010 to October 2010 (end of interim contract)
HR consultant
With Wincanton
• Writing induction programme
• Writing disciplinary and Grievance training courses for managers
• Training record formulation
• Training managers, disciplinary and grievance.
• Shop floor training
• Inductions
• Induction training
• Management and administration recruitment
• Working with and managing on site agency.
Consultant (see 2002 -2005)
2009 -2010
July 2005 to July 2009 (Redundant)
W.M.Morrison’s
Operations Manager Personnel.
Responsibilities:
• Managing a team of 16 personnel colleagues, 8 cleaners and 50 canteen staff.
• All site disciplinary, appeals and grievance issues for 1500 colleagues
• Employment tribunals.
• All site recruitment including start up 1400 colleagues recruited, planning processes, sifting, interviews, job offers to induction.
• All issues pertaining to employment law. Application of case law and its effects.
• Change management.
• Compilation and delivery of reports for senior team.
• Absence management, reduction from 6% to 3.1%.
• Training, managing the training team, training audits and conducting management training.
• Compilation and delivery of organisational training requirements.
• Union negotiations wages etc, JCC’s, recognition and procedural agreements and day to day issues.
• Short and medium term strategic planning, Implementation of plans.
• Policy and procedure compilation and implementation.
• Facilities management. Site canteen team and cleaners.
• Payroll. Winbase time and attendance, weekly input and authorisation of payroll.
• TUPE. 156 colleagues from a third party to Morrisons, on a separate occasion 15 from a closure to Morrisons.
• Community relations. Local school business governor.
• Team building and cultural custodian.
• Redundancies. 12 canteen staff.
• Site communications.
• Achieving departmental budgets and KPI’s
• Business partner to the 5 other departments on site and site as a whole.
• Health and Safety committee.
• Member of site senior management team.
2002 to 2005
Consultant
Contracts and roles included.
• Sales development for Driving agency start up across the UK.
• Managing High street recruitment business, developing Industrial and driving desk.
• Managing high street Recruitment business developed the Industrial desk as well as managed the branch
• UK wide sales development
• Project management.
• Account management.
• I also developed my own consultancy through marketing, contacts throughout the logistics, supply chain and agency contacts I have built up over time.
1999- 2002
H.R. Development Manager
(last 6 months with Exel Logistics at same site and job) Somerfield Stores Ltd, Huntingdon, Cambs.
Responsibilities:
• Managing a team of HR, Payroll, Security and canteen colleagues.
• All site disciplinary, appeals and grievance issues for 450 colleagues.
• Employment tribunals.
• All site recruitment, planning processes, sifting, interviews, job offers to induction.
• Delivery of inductions.
• Training, shop floor and management. Site H&S and Training audits
• Union negotiations wages etc, JCC’s, recognition and procedural agreements and day to day issues.
• Facilities management. Cleaning contract, Canteen contract and Security contract.
• Payroll. Kronos and Dallas, weekly and monthly input and confirmation with audits, some systems training.
• TUPE. 450 colleagues from Somerfield to Exel Logistics.
• Community relations. Mentor at two local schools, member of Huntingdon business council.
• Redundancies. 20 managers
• Site communications.
• Achieving departmental budgets and KPI’s
• Health and Safety committee chair.
• Member of site senior management team.
1991 1999
Training and Personnel Manager
Somerfield Stores Ltd, Huntingdon, Cambs.
Responsibilities:
• Managing a team of HR, Payroll, Security and canteen colleagues.
• All site disciplinary, appeals and grievance issues for 450 colleagues.
• All site recruitment, planning processes, sifting, interviews, job offers to induction.
• Delivery of inductions.
• Training, shop floor and management.
• Union negotiations wages etc, JCC’s, recognition and procedural agreements and day to day issues.
• Facilities management.
• TUPE.
• Community relations.
• Site communications.
• Health and Safety committee chair.
• Member of site senior management team.
